Closet connection.



'FRANK W. CARLSON, OF CHCAGO, ILLINOS.

CLGSE CONNECTON.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application led May 19, 1909.' Serial No.

Patented Tinne 55, Zillrtb.

To all wiz/om it may consom:

Be it known that L FRANK Vif. Quinson,

a Citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of @ook and State ot illinois, have invented new and useful improvements in Closet Connections, ot ivhieh the following is a specification,

The lobject ol this invention is to provide al stock closet connection of simple and inexpensive construction which can be easily and quickly made to t in place beneath any floor. e

.ln the accompanying drawings illustratingv the invention Figure l is a side elevation. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional View on the line *2--2 of lii'g. 3. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view on the line 3 3 of Fig. l. Fig. Ll is a top plan View or. the conneotion'. Fig. 5 is a t-ransiferse sectional view ou the lime 5--5 of Fig. Q.

I The connection comprises a horizontalmember t5 and an upright member 7, the :tornier having a seat 8 `and a flange 9 to 'receive the lower end of the latter. The upright member is provided with an integral flange l() at its upper end and threaded bolts ll engage said liange and are screwed into openings in lugs l2 integral with the horizontal member to securely fasten the two members together. A smooth and tight joint is made by iron Vcement 13 which is applied within the upright member at the joint with'the horizontal.member Threaded bolts il extend upward through openings in the flange and are provided with look nuts l5 which engage the upper surface of the tlange to secure the bolts in place on the flange. vThese bolts are empleyed to engage the flange 1G of the closet bowl i7 and nuts 1,8 are screwed' down on the bolts. to secure the closet bowl rigidly in place on the connection. A suitable gasket .ill is arranged between the closet bowl and f the upright member of the connection. Both nleiubcrs ot 'the connection are provided eX- teriorly with laplurality` of peripheral grooves, eorrugations, or l'rerts 2t) spaced apart at suitable intervals and oit sutlieient l depth to enable the members to be. readily divided on, any groove ln practise the horizontal member is adjusted to size'and set in place beneath the floor and then the upright member is likewise adjusted to size and fastened in place on the horizontal member. The upright. member constitutes all that part oi the connection above the horizontal part ot the horizontal member and this provides a` greater range ot adjustment than has heretotore been possible in closet Connections. rille upright member an be out di vn 'to any desired height, and, it desirable. the bolts can be out oil accordingly7 but this is notneeessary land may be done merely as a matter ot eoiwenienee.

The connection consists ot two parts and the fastening bolts and it can be readily and easily adjusted. and litted in any tloor md the parts sezurely and tightly 'fastened together. My invention, therefore. enables Stoch eonneetion of simple and inexpensive Construction to be set in place in any position beneath a ioor and after it is onee set, there is no likelihood of the parts becoming loose or displaced.

ln setting or `tittingeloset connections and in setting the closet bowl thereon it happens with more or less frequency that the oonneeting; bolts drop ont andere lost beneath the floor. By providing' the look nuts l5 in the manner herein shown and described lt permanently connect "the bolts ist to the flange 10 oit' the upright member ot the eonnection so that they will not be disengaged therefrom.

lWhat l claim and desire to seeureby Leb ters Patent is:

er closet connection consisting o't a horizontal member provided at. one end with fastening` lugs and a seat consisting ot a iiat portion, a iange extending upwardly from the inner edge thereof, and having its upper outer edge ohamtered oli to form with an upright member a recess for the reception et cement, said upright member engaging;r said seat and provided at its opper end with a horizontal flange, means engaging said flange and said lugs for seeuringfthe upright. and `horizontal members together, a plurality ot bolts extending up through! said tlanggje. and lock nuts for normally maintaining said bolts in upright positionjto receive a bowl ada pted to be secured thereto.

uWitnesses1 i livio. 0. Bln/ig lvl. in Krems. 

